How We Work

Investing in Healthy Communities

HealthSpark Foundation works to assure a nimble, real-time, resilient quality health and human services safety net system for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Funding

The foundation focuses on a system change approach to address health disparities that hinder access and quality outcomes, and seeking opportunities to ensure the financial and organizational health of the safety net system. In 2018, the foundation launched the Safety Net Resiliency Initiative, a 10-year effort to improve the ability of Montgomery County’s health and human services safety net system – and the organizations that contribute to and support the system – to weather uncertainty and meet the needs of people across the county.

Collaborating

Key partnerships and collaborations that leverage core competencies and other resources often create new opportunities for solutions to persistent problems. The foundation supports, partners and frequently spearheads collaborations to address community needs.

Often the foundation identifies various policy barriers that challenge or threaten its grantees and their clients with the prospect of failure and decline. The foundation collaborates with various special interest groups and others, such as the Pennsylvania Health Funders’ Collaborative, to craft policy solutions and overcome barriers.

Capacity Building

Health and human services organizations serving Montgomery County benefit from technical assistance provided by the foundation.

What is Systems Change?

The process of altering or transforming how major parts of the safety net are linked, function and influence one another.